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<< call me insane, but clock for clock, tutalin's compare with t-bird/XPs, unlike P4's.
Yes they do. I'd probably have one if the mobo options were better and if they were less expensive. Overall though, the Tualatins compete very well with XP/T-birds and of course the P4 >>
In January the Celeron 1.0A and 1.1A will be out. These are 100 MHz FSB, 256K cache .13u Tualatin CPUs. The 1.0A should be ~ $80, the 1.1A, ~ $100. The Tualatins should do 1.5 GHz easily. You can do a 1.0A @ 150 FSB or a 1.1 @ 137 FSB to get to 1.5 GHz. There are plenty of sub $100 815 B step boards out there. Nice setup for under $200. I may do the 1.0a @ 1.5 myself. >>
That and Intel just released a 1.4ghz Tualatin with 512k L2 cache. More PIII loving for me